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His latest will be as host, narrating a new 20-part documentary series for A+E Networks' History Channel about World War II The untitled series, based on new scholarship and archival material, is among a slate of 2,500 hours of new programming that will be unveiled as part of the company's upfront presentation on March 6th. Tom[...]

The History Channel is hosting an eight-part documentary series titles The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek to coincide with the franchise's upcoming anniversary courtesy of The Nacelle Company Brian Volk-Weiss, creator and CEO of Nacelle Co, will direct the project according to Deadline Hollywood From The Original Series conception from Gene Roddenberry at[...]

History Channel may not have many drama series, but the one that really hit for them is Vikings The bloody brutality of the show's six-season run is almost at an end, but they're back for one last comic con panel to talk about the first half of the final season and tease a bit of[...]

History Channel's strong fanbase around their Ancient Aliens series may well be enough to help establish a viewership beachhead There are a few moments of looming shadowed figures looking at our protagonists from afar to help introduce mystery, but the threads are at least initially thin. It's not a bad series, and executive producer Robert Zemeckis knows[...]

HISTORY's Crusader drama series has released the first look at Mark Hamill's season 2 character Talus, a battle-hardened Templar.

HISTORY's "Knightfall" is getting a second season, and Mark Hamill is joining the cast of the Templar drama as a Crusades veteran.

Vikings creator and showrunner Michael Hirst says his show is the "grown-up version" of Game of Thrones in an interview.

TV Heathers Red Band Trailer Offers First Look at Shannen Doherty Starz Petitions FCC for a Big Apple Return to Optimum History Sets Global Soccer Programming Extravaganza in Run-Up to World Cup (EXCLUSIVE) "The History channel is capitalizing on the global appeal of soccer with 'History of Football,' two weeks of worldwide and localized programming celebrating the beautiful game[...]

The team are planning to attack a heavily-armed convoy and steal a suitcase, its contents unknown…" Sharon Remmer (The Man in the High Castle, Medici: Masters of Florence) is being brought aboard as creative director. Hirst, O'Sullivan and Flynn previously collaborated with MGM TV on the hit History Channel show Vikings, which was renewed for a sixth season. Mark[...]

History Channel sure has been branching out into scripted drama territory What once started with Vikings continues with Seal Team Six and the newest series, Knightfall The first episode of the series centers around the fall of the Templar's last stronghold city in the Holy Land Acre, where the Holy Grail is lost during an attack and subsequent retreat. https://youtu.be/F9dtepkeR0IVideo[...]

In this clip released ahead of HISTORY's "Vikings" s5e3, we get a taste of Ivar the Boneless fighting Bishop Heahmund hand to hand.

History Channel's epic adventure series Vikings comes back tomorrow night for its fifth season Originally, this was going to be the very last for the show, but the network opted to bring it back for another Sources can't seem to agree if this happened because of the outpouring of love and support for the show witnessed[...]

History Channel's Vikings has given audiences some pretty incredible characters and performances From Travis Fimmel's rockstar swagger heavy King Ragnar Lothbrok to Katheryn Winnick's force of nature mother-shield maiden-Queen Lagertha and Gustaf Skarsgard's maniacal visionary Floki, it seemed there could not be yet another person of larger-than-life status That is, until show creator and writer Michael[...]

The History Channel knows what they've got with their drama series Vikings, thankfully After previously announcing that Season 5 would be the final for the show, they took it back and picked up Michael Hirst's raiding epic for a 6th season. The first half of Vikings Season 5 is set to premiere on November 29th, and thanks to IGN,[...]

That's right, OJ Simpson's White Bronco will be featured on the History Channel's Pawn Stars in an episode to be aired on August 14th The car's current owner, Mike Gilbert, who used to be Simpson's agent, will try to pawn it off in the titular pawn shop of Rick Harrison. If cultural osmosis has somehow missed you, this Ford Bronco became[...]

According to the theory, Earhart and Noonan died in custody of unknown causes. All of this evidence will be presented in a new History Channel documentary airing Sunday, "Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence." It all looks pretty convincing from here, so if the guy with the funny hair appears in this documentary to claim aliens were[...]

has been picked up by Overbrook, the production banner of Will Smith, James Lassiter and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and will be made into a limited-series for the History Channel THR.com is reporting that Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio, who wrote San Andreas, will write what is believed to be a six-hour series. The graphic novel, tells of the real[...]

This week was no exception, and while the fate of King Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Frimmel) has long been expected by fans of the History Channel's first scripted series, there had always been the hope that the series writer Michael Hirst would give us more time Now that time has come to an end. The series started[...]

For fans of History Channel's scripted drama Vikings, it has been six full months of waiting since we went into the midseason hiatus with the episode, The Last Ship Over the last several episodes things had been going from bad to worse for our Nordic heroes, culminating with a disastrous river battle against Rollo (Clive Standen)[...]

On August 14th, the History Channel will be airing a two-hour documentary, 50 Years of Star Trek It includes interviews with cast and creators including one of the final full length interviews of Lenoard Nimoy The late actor shares memories and stories from the five decades he was associated with Mr Spock and the U.S.S[...]

The History Channel showed off the trailer for the fourth season of Vikings today at SDCC. The remaining 10 episodes of season four is slated to premiere this Fall The series is from creator and sole writer Michael Hirst. https://youtu.be/G3DwTh_aPKwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Vikings: Season 4 Returns Comic-Con Full Trailer | History (https://youtu.be/G3DwTh_aPKw) [...]

The History Channel and Cosmic-Con have teamed up to create Alien Con starting this October 28th-30th in Santa Clara, California The convention is geared towards Ancient Aliens fans, sci-fi buffs and pop culture enthusiasts through special presentations, interactive displays and exhibits, unseen episodes, celebrity appearances, exclusive merchandise and fan competitions. Activities planned for Alien Con include: • Exhibit[...]

Coming from Titan in April, a new comic book series based on the Vikings TV show from the History Channel, by Cavan Scott and Staz Johnson… From the chronicles of the History Channel's truly epic series Vikings comes a new saga of glory and plunder! Ragnar, Lagertha, Rollo, and their legendary kin sail once more for[...]

The History Channel's upcoming four-hour miniseries Houdini has gotten a full trailer The show will run September 1st and 2nd and stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody as the legendary escape-artist Harry Houdini Kristen Connelly co-stars at Houdini's wife Bess. [youtube]http://youtu.be/LQDomn2g-5w[/youtube] The History Channel's upcoming four-hour miniseries Houdini has gotten a full trailer[...]

The History Channel's runaway success Vikings is charging toward a third season, and if previous seasons are any indication, there will be hefty changes and new directions this time around, keeping things beyond fresh The show has teased an attack on Paris, new cast members, and a time-jump to take us further along the timeline[...]

The History Channel's bold experiment with Vikings concluded its second season with The Lord's Prayer and when it did so, it was continuing to draw strong ratings solidly to keep it in first place among cable series shows on Thursday nights. The game of thrones being played between Viking chieftain Ragnar and King Horik would do George[...]

Aaron Hale writes for Bleeding Cool. One of the best things about San Diego Comic Con is the sheer amount of things you can do with or without the benefit of a ticket. The History Channel has gone all out to promote the second season of their hit show, The Vikings, so in the lot across from the[...]